Spring..

Is popping out all over!

I'm so enchanted with the meadowlarks.  They perch on the highest point of some bush branch that doesn't look sturdy enough to hold up a bug, and they warble to their heart's content.

I hope for a heart content enough to warble.  In the lovely spring sunshine.  Or even the spring rain.

Food / Unexpected

Had my first ever taste of Korean food.  My sweet friend treated me to lunch and what a fun time I had!  I loved the food even though I was afeared to ask exactly what was in it.

The Husband took me off to dinner and wouldn't you know it?  I had no trouble scarfing down a whole 'nother meal even though I was still full from lunch!

The Unexpected:  I indulged myself with the gift of an ice cream cone at the end of dinner.  Offered to share, The Husband only had a little.

By morning those bathroom scales will read 187 for real!

(Clocked 11.5 miles on my bicycle this morning and even heard the meadowlark sing.)

Pennies / Driving / Scales

Watched stupefied (while waiting to cross the street) this old "lifted" pick-up truck come barreling down the street, all the windows completely opaque with frost (it was 25 degrees out) the driver's window down 2/3 of the way while the driver stuck his head out to see where he was going.  (As My Daughter said, "time management issues.")  It was actually a pretty scary sight.

Also watched stupefied when I stepped on the scales to check my massive body weight only to see the numbers start at 27, head up to 164 and hover at 187 before settling back onto the expected number.  That was also a pretty scary sight.

"Find a penny, pick it up, all day long you'll have good luck..."  So what happens if you find 2 pennies and a nickel?  Besides being 7 cents richer, I'm counting on a bounty of good luck over the next 7 days!

But I'll be looking out very carefully before crossing the street.

Monday Morning Thoughts

I intended to post this the first thing this morning.  Now, nearly dinnertime I'm just getting around to it.

I read this early this morning and wanted to make it my motto for the day.  Since I've spent most of the day at home, interacting with only The Husband, perhaps I should make this my motto for whenever I leave the house.  And wondering if having that thought in my head might provoke something interesting to happen:

"What you're doing places you in your perfect place to do the perfect thing, whatever that may be."

Causes me some thought at any rate - have I ever been in the perfect place to do the perfect thing?  (And did I do it?)  I wonder.


I'm still fully committed to the concept of steadfastness.  I love how that makes me feel.  I want to be steadfast - to be immovable in the cause of goodness, kindness, charity and all those other wonderful qualities that makes someone a steadfast supporter of God and His Plan.

I've also come to think that being steadfast can be an invitation to be "taken advantage of".  Patience, then, and forebearance is required in dealing with such a situation.  Which in turn provides opportunities for growth and self-control.  I have a long, long way to go.  Hopefully I will be steadfast.